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Abathsahayeswarar Temple
திருஅன்னியூர்
Anniyur (Ponnur), Tamil Nadu · 11.1225°, 79.6064°
Shiva (Abathsahayeswarar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, at Ponnur in Mayiladuthurai district, celebrated in the Tevaram poetry of Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.